The Stockade

probably c. 1908

Jean-Louis Forain

Associated Names
Jean-Louis Forain

Artist, French, 1852 - 1931

The image shows a group of people walking together in an urban setting. The individuals are captured in a three-quarter view, mostly showing their upper bodies. Their facial expressions are shadowed and somber. One woman has a scarf wrapped around her head, and their clothing is dark and heavy, typical of cold weather attire, including long coats and scarves. One person is carrying a sack over their shoulder. The background includes industrial structures such as chimneys and large buildings under an overcast sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 81 x 66 cm (31 7/8 x 26 in.)
    framed: 94 x 75.9 x 4.9 cm (37 x 29 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.11.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 16 September 1929 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA;[1] gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] According to Rosenwald papers in NGA Gallery Archives; pertinent copies in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Twenty-Eighth Annual International Exhibitions of Paintings, Carnegie Institue, Pittsburgh, 1929, no. 153, as La Palissade.

1930

  • Foreign Section of the Twenth-Eighth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings from Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, City Art Museum, St. Louis, March 1930, no. 17, as La Palissade.

1932

  • Forain: The Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1932, no. 10, as La Palissade

1984

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 1984-1987.

Bibliography

1932

  • Cary, Elisabeth Luther. "A Tribute to Forain." Parnassus 4 (November 1932): 23

1933

  • Youtz, Philip. "Forain, Artist and Journalist." American Magazine of Art XXVI (Feb 1933):87, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 51.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 43, repro.

1969

  • Wasell, Nancy Michelle. Jean Louis Forain, the Painter. M.A. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969:50, repro

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 130, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 155, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: forain

Wikidata ID

Q20191194

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